Combat the Flu and Defend your Revenue!
No one likes the flu, especially when it strikes early in the year with a vengeance! EMR Billing Solutions is aware of the flu and its negative effects on revenue. Below are some awareness tips to combat the flu on multiple levels.
Remedy for Combating the Flu:
- Protect yourself and your employees, prohibiting them from working with flu symptoms. A sick doctor can’t work, will feel the wrath of the flu, and cause a decrease in revenue.
- Create and implement a concise plan for covering shortages that works for your practice. Double Check your Flu shot billing codes, and make sure they are up to date.
- Follow the advising of the American College of Physicians, and encourage all healthcare providers to be immunized as soon as possible.
- If you are having trouble mandating flu shots in your practice or office, consider offering the vaccinations onsite, with no cost to your employees. It will cost you much more in revenue losses when your staff is sick, and your practice is shorthanded.
- Keeping your patients aware of vaccination locations is crucial as the shortages arise. Reach out to your patients through your Patient Portal, website, social media, and in the office. Insure that they know when and where flu shots are available.
- Be prepared for the unexpected circumstances. Prepare procedures if you run out of vaccines, and what to do in case of an emergency.
Above all, remind your staff to stay calm, and treat each patient with a care and reassurance.